Holocene forest dynamics and human impact in southeastern Estonia

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Niinemets, Eve ^a,b   Saarse, Leili ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Holocene vegetation history; Human impact; Pollen analysis; Southeast Estonia

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BETULACEAE; PICEA; SECALE;

EID: 33750215429     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0030-x     Document Type: Article

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